In keeping with my unofficial motto:
"Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing,"
I plan to investigate all of the Weaving Today website. The site includes seven blogs, seven forums, and a number of video, visual, and calendar resources. Weaving Today is a companion site to HandWoven magazine. There are plenty of opportunities on the site to subscribe to the magazine (which I already do) and to purchase calendars, books, videos, and other resources. Many of the available print resources are downloadable. The blogs and forums are at least moderately active.
The site is colorful and easy to navigate. There are links to events all over the country--this is National Weaving and Spinning week. I am intrigued by the possibility of having Madelyn van der Hoogt (editor of HandWoven and fiber "rock star") comment on something I'm doing. I guess I'll go warp something up!
Becky, I think your plan to explore the literacy practices inherent in the Weaving Today website will be captivating, especially considering your personal interest in weaving. I am also excited to discover new things regarding weaving as I follow your blog. Although I love your motto—Anything Worth Doing is Worth Overdoing—and how it reflects your voice, I am wondering if investigating all seven blogs and forums as well as the video, visual, and calendar resources will be overwhelming. It may behoove you to restrict you investigation to one or two forums; your parameters, of course, will depend upon the activity of the blogs and forums.
ReplyDeleteI liked your statement, “I am intrigued by the possibility of having Madelyn van der Hoogt (editor of HandWoven and fiber "rock star").” This encapsulates an interesting aspect of your site: how “stars” and their “fans” interact. Moreover, this engenders another group of questions. Is there a definite hierarchy between experts and novices? What type of knowledge is dispersed, and how is knowledge and information constructed and disseminated in your site? Do all the members participate in articulating and compiling information?
Lastly, I am curious how members interact with one another’s designs. Do members participate in the literacy practices of redesigning and remixing? In other words, do members of this site incorporate one another’s designs into new designs; if so, how?
I look forward to learning about weaving and the literacy practices that Weaving Today members engage in.